Bruno Jonas (born in Passau, Germany, on 3 December 1952) is a German Kabarett artist and actor. Education Many people predicted he would become a priest, but he prefers to pray from the Kabarett stage. Between 1975 and 1982, he studied German, political science, and philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. After several years he began to study theatre. Career In 1975, Jonas played with Sigi Zimmerschied in the Kabarett Scharfrichterhaus. After an engagement as a writer and actor at the national theater in Munich he started his first soloprogram in 1979. He reached Germany through his first own radio show Jonas and regular appearances with Dieter Hildebrandt as member of the Kabarett theatre Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft and later until today in the political Kabarett TV series Scheibenwischer (together with Mathias Richling). He also appeared as monk Bruder Barnabas at "Starkbieranstich" on the "Nockherberg" in Munich, a traditional ceremony usually in March, in which Bruder Barnabas is giving a ticking-off to the present high-ranked politicians. In 2004 he started to work as a director at Theater am Gärtnerplatz where he also directed the Musical Man of La Mancha and played the part of Don Quichotte. Publications 1987 – Der Morgen davor 1990 – Wirklich wahr 1993 – Wirklich wahr (CD) 1995 – Hin und zurück 1996 – Es soll nie wieder vorkommen 1996 – Red ned (CD) 1998 – Ich alter Ego (CD) 1998 – Ich alter Ego 2000 – Bin ich noch zu retten? 2002 – Gebrauchsanweisung für Bayern References External links Bruno Jonas Literature over and by Bruno Jonas in German National Library Bruno Jonas in Internet Movie Database 1952 births Living people German radio personalities German television personalities German cabaret performers Kabarettists People from Passau ARD (broadcaster) people